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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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Spoken like someone that's never driven any of them - particularly the "maxodyne" ! "Singles" can pull as much freight as any other design, but DOT weight regs demand "axles/ton". I HAVE driven em. In fact, to quote the old Lowell George song: "I've driven every kinda rig that's ever been made, even drove the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed." The reason multi-axle regulations exist are pretty simple to figure out. One of those reasons keeps trucks from landing in people's front yards, because when you have that many tons riding on a single axle and something breaks, things get messy. Another is because when you have multiple axles pulling, you have more rubber on the road. That's a no brainer. Another is because a single axle concentrates more weight on a smaller footprint, and that does more damage to road surfaces, bridges etc. Spreading the weight across multiple footprints lessens the pounds per square inch on the road surface. Good God...this is Trucking 101!
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With Republicans it's Everything 101 since they don't really seem to pay any attention to facts but make them up as required.
America is awash in oil? But Obama and the Democrats have stopped the drilling.
High Speed Rail is impossible in America.
Trucks cannot be made more efficient?
Intergalactic Barge Canals...???
No Poverty?????
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Spoken like someone that's never driven any of them - particularly the "maxodyne" ! "Singles" can pull as much freight as any other design, but DOT weight regs demand "axles/ton". I HAVE driven em..... "I've driven every kinda rig that's ever been made, even drove the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed."
.....Riiiiight !!!! >Mech
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With Republicans it's Everything 101 since they don't really seem to pay any attention to facts but make them up as required.
America is awash in oil? But Obama and the Democrats have stopped the drilling.
High Speed Rail is impossible in America.
Trucks cannot be made more efficient?
Intergalactic Barge Canals...???
No Poverty????? Certainly not with the "Libeals in Charge" agendae we've been enduring ! Sorry, but I don't pray to your "FEDG" god, Greger. I'd rather rely upon the ingenuity and ambition of the individual to improve his lot in life. The successful ones bring along a lot more fellow travelers than any government pogrom ! >Mech P.S. Where the hell is any/all of the thread suggestions on congruent topics ? MH
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It's the Despair Quotient! Carpal Tunnel
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I HAVE driven em.....
"I've driven every kinda rig that's ever been made, even drove the back roads so I wouldn't get weighed."
..... Are you calling me a liar, Mechanic? Okay that's it. I'm done.
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... government pogrom ...
P.S. Where the hell is any/all of the thread suggestions on congruent topics ? MH po·grom n. An organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially one conducted against Jews. congruent adj 1. agreeing; corresponding; congruous 2. (Mathematics) having identical shapes so that all parts correspond congruent triangles Compare similar [2] 3. (Mathematics) of or concerning two integers related by a congruence [from Latin congruere to meet together, agree] (pssst, Mech. What are you talking about? You say the most temious things!) 
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
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' Now if I had a chance to do things differently I'd go with the Nissan Cube! ![[Linked Image from blogcdn.com]](http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/04/005_us_cube_review_opta.jpg) Ah, if only it had running-boards---and curb-feelers !
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